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PARIS -- "The Redemption Tour" ended successful a acquainted spot for Simone Biles: atop the Olympic podium. Again.
The American gymnastics prima and her singular brilliance powered a ascendant U.S. women's squad successful the finals wrong a raucous Bercy Arena connected Tuesday night.
With Biles astatine her show-stopping best, the Americans' full of 171.296 was good wide of Italy and Brazil and the exclamation constituent of a yearlong tally successful which Biles has cemented her bequest arsenic the top ever successful her sport, and among the champion successful the past of the Olympics.
Simone Biles, of United States, performs connected the vault during the women's creator gymnastics squad finals astatine the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, successful Paris, France.
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The result - the Americans connected apical with the remainder of the satellite looking up - was not successful uncertainty from the infinitesimal Jordan Chiles began the nighttime by drilling her double-twisting Yurchenko vault.
By the clip Biles, the near calf that bothered her during qualifying heavy taped, stepped onto the level for the last lawsuit - a level workout acceptable to euphony by Taylor Swift and Beyonce - her 5th Olympic golden medal was good successful hand.
The 27-year-old provided the exclamation constituent anyway, sealing the Americans' 3rd golden successful its past 4 trips to the Games.
The Americans stay peerless (if not flawless, this is gymnastics aft all) erstwhile astatine their best.
Sunisa Lee, of United States, performs connected the uneven bars during the women's creator gymnastics squad finals astatine the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, successful Paris, France.
And implicit 2 hours successful beforehand of a assemblage that included everyone from tennis large Serena Williams and histrion Natalie Portman to Biles' husband, Chicago Bears information Jonathan Owens, Biles near small uncertainty astir anything.
Her presumption arsenic the sport's top of each time. Her quality to determination past the "twisties" that derailed her successful Tokyo. Her spot successful the pantheon of the U.S. Olympic movement.
Three years aft removing herself from the aforesaid contention to support herself - a determination that changed the speech astir intelligence wellness successful sports - Biles pushed her medal full successful large contention to a staggering 38 and counting.
Yet her instrumentality to the Games wasn't truthful overmuch astir winning. It was astir a joyousness she had mislaid determination on the way.
Simone Biles, of the United States, during the women's creator gymnastics squad finals circular astatine Bercy Arena astatine the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, successful Paris, France.
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It seems to person returned. She leaned into the assemblage that roared astatine each flip, each leap and, yes, each twist. With her hubby - connected interruption from NFL grooming campy - waving an American emblem portion sitting adjacent to her parents, Biles did what she has done truthful good for truthful agelong prevention for a mates of hard days successful Japan during a pandemic: she dominated.
Yet the 27-year-old hardly did it alone. Lee and Chiles were connected the squad that earned metallic successful Tokyo with Biles watching from the sideline. They navigated a bid of setbacks some carnal and idiosyncratic to instrumentality to this infinitesimal and get the golden they truthful severely wanted.
And determination they were connected the biggest stage, Chiles doing each 4 rotations close adjacent to her bully person Biles portion doubling arsenic the U.S.'s hype woman. Lee mixing her elegance with grit portion dazzling connected beam and uneven bars, her 2 champion events.
Carey won the level workout successful Tokyo, but did it with an asterisk of sorts. She's earned her mode successful done a nominative process the sport's governing assemblage has since abandoned. She was with Team USA successful Tokyo but not really portion of the authoritative four-woman squad.
Jordan Chiles performs connected the uneven bars during the women's creator gymnastics squad finals astatine the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, successful Paris, France.
AP Photo/Morry Gash
She vowed to constitute a antithetic ending this time, and the Cheng vault she did connected the archetypal rotation scored a 14.800 - 2nd lone to Biles - to springiness the U.S. a commanding pb earlier Biles adjacent saluted the judges.
The lone existent play centered connected who would decorativeness adjacent to the Americans connected the medal stand.
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